Sabethes glaucodaemon, (Dyar & Shannon, 1925)

Neves, Maycon Sebastião Alberto Santos, Motta, Monique Albuquerque, Maciel-De-Freitas, Rafael, Xavier, Alexandre Da Silva, Lourenço-De-Oliveira, Ricardo & Silva-Do-Nascimento, Teresa Fernandes, 2024, Illustrated identification key to females of the genus Sabethes Robineau-Desvoidy recorded from Brazil (Diptera: Culicidae), in dichotomous and interactive formats, including an updated list of species and new records for the states, Zootaxa 5406 (2), pp. 253-287 : 268

glaucodaemon ( Dyar & Shannon, 1925)

(subgenus Sabethoides )

Type locality (corrected). Branco River , near its mouth in the Negro River, state of Roraima, Brazil.

Bionomics. The larvae of the Sa. glaucodaemon have been found mainly in tree holes and the axils of Montrichardia arborescens (aninga) ( Araceae ) ( Lane & Cerqueira 1942), but they have also been collected in a bamboo stump in association with Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus ( Skuse, 1895) and Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901 ( Stein et al. 2020). The type, an adult female, was collected in shade in a forest in the early morning ( Bequaert 1926). We collected females frequently feeding on human blood at ground level in forest during the daytime (Coleção de Culcidae 2023).

Arbovirus infection records. This species is considered a potential vector of the YFV in Brazil ( Roberts et al. 1981).

Occurrence in Brazil. States of Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, São Paulo and Tocantins ( Da Costa Lima 1931; Lane & Cerqueira 1942; Lane 1953; Pinheiro et al. 1981; Xavier et al. 1989; Xavier & Mattos 1989; Dégallier et al. 1998; Camargo-Neves et al. 2005; Hutchings et al. 2005, 2013, 2018; Pinto et al. 2009; Dos Santos Silva et al. 2010; Gomes et al. 2010; Moreno et al. 2011; Tubaki et al. 2010; Confalonieri & Costa Neto 2012; Mucci et al. 2015; Alencar et al. 2018; Cunha et al. 2019; Silva et al. 2019).

Occurrence in other countries. Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana and Suriname ( Wilkerson et al. 2021).